Senate debates

Tuesday, 27 September 2022

Bills

Social Security (Administration) Amendment (Repeal of Cashless Debit Card and Other Measures) Bill 2022; In Committee

7:55 pm

Photo of Anne RustonAnne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

Can I just be really clear: are people in the Northern Territory who have currently made the decision, the 4,300-something of them who have transitioned from the BasicsCard onto the cashless debit card—after royal assent of this legislation, subject to the passage of the amendments put forward by the government, will those people retain their cashless debit card and functionality of it, or will they be forced to transition back to the BasicsCard, which is what you appeared to be indicating in your previous answer? I'm not talking about what's happening in the future at all.

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